Yu Yue sighed: "Actually, to be honest, the head of our family is not worried about the increasing number of descendants. Everyone needs to take care of them. They can only treat them like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's favor order.
The family's land is constantly divided, turning a blind eye to the less and less divided the land, but the fact is not as simple as you think, because most of these children are often the product of political marriages, not only the land and resources of the father's family, but also the mother's family
Yes, you have to take it into consideration. You want to send them to become monks. Even if the father is ruthless enough to do so, how can the mother, her natal family, give up?"
The black robe nodded: "It's always been like this for an upright official to have trouble with family affairs. However, even if there is no such thing as sending a son to a temple, there are still a lot of overt and covert fights and shameful and insidious cruel methods in the family in order to win the rightful son.
Is it? The bigger the family is like yours, the more there is no brotherhood between flesh and blood. Even biological brothers are the most terrible enemies. In the process of sitting on the position of the leader, Mr. Yu, this kind of fratricide
It’s not a rare thing.”
A trace of helplessness and fear flashed across Yu Yue's eyes, and he lowered his head and murmured: "You are right. Behind every successful head of a family, there are tragic things that are difficult for outsiders to understand. I have harmed myself."
My uncle, he killed my brother, deposed my son, and killed several wives and concubines, all for the sake of my current status and for the continuation of the Yu family. The reason why I can sacrifice my position and put away my youth
I was so arrogant at that time, cooperating with Liu Yu today, going to please Liu Yi tomorrow, and now I want to be with you, isn't that just for this?"
"Sometimes, when I dream back in the middle of the night, I wake up from various nightmares. The most common nightmare is not how Liu Yi harmed me, but that I will die in the hands of my brother or even my own son. Sometimes I
I would also be thinking, stop arguing, stop fighting, just become a monk and practice Taoism, stay away from these disputes, not care about worldly affairs, and still live freely. But after sitting like this for a while, at dawn, in the courtyard next door, my
My son, the sound of my nephews getting up early to read can be heard again, and I have to return to reality and face this round of never-ending disputes again."
The black robe laughed: "So, the world doesn't know the troubles of you children of aristocratic families. To solve these troubles, perhaps Buddhism is the best way. If there are not so many sons fighting for the throne, why are these disputes happening?
?If we only maintain the current size of the family, and only let the eldest son inherit the family business in the form of title inheritance, we will not have to resort to plundering and making countless grudges in order to accommodate countless descendants."
"In fact, many times, these children do not want to fight for themselves, but for their mothers and the people around them, forcing them to fight for it all. As the saying goes, if one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven.
That's it. After all, relying on a son from a noble family means that a large number of people can become rich and powerful. However, if everyone knows that this kind of non-eldest son will also occupy similar resources as the legitimate eldest son, then after a few generations, the world will
There will be no land to divide, and it will all fall into the hands of dozens or hundreds of descendants of high-ranking families."
"But the number of people in the world is also endless. Even the descendants of the ruined noble families will become farmers. If there are thousands or tens of thousands of descendants of aristocratic families, they will occupy all the land in the world and enslave countless people.
There are millions or tens of millions of people, and sooner or later someone will rise up."
"You children from aristocratic families always think that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are far away from you, but after experiencing the Sun En Rebellion and after Liu Yu and others came to power, do you still think so now? You occupy the land and control the tenant farmers, but because of
Because of my indolence and unwillingness to sweat and bleed, I lost my military power and put myself in the position of a lamb to be slaughtered. Not to mention the past days, even the current situation cannot be maintained forever. Rather than
It’s time to kill everyone, so it’s better to think of other ways now to avoid this happening again.”
Yu Yue shook his head, with a look of reluctance on his face: "Is there really no other way? Is it the only way to become a monk? Even if I agree, most people in the family, especially the child's mother, will not agree.
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The black robe said calmly: "Don't be too hasty first. Take it step by step. If the young lady from aristocratic families enters the family through marriage and is also the child of your wives, don't do it in a hurry and let the concubines with low status
The bastards who were born became monks and worshiped the Buddha. You must know that these children have no status in the family and have been bullied. If they can become monks in exchange for their mothers living a relatively good life at home, they will no longer
Being beaten, scolded and bullied like slaves is not necessarily a bad thing for their mother and son."
Yu Yue nodded thoughtfully and said: "Yes, mothers value their children, but they are often implicated in turn. In a family with not many legitimate children, or even only one, the bastards born from these cheap concubines will also become a threat, so
Attacking his mother has become the best way to get rid of this bastard. I have experienced such things several times myself. Family troubles are really no more troublesome than Liu Yu's."
The black robe smiled slightly: "That's it, let these concubines become monks first, so that they can be pure and inactive, and no longer become a party competing for interests in the family. They are in a weak position, and they want to seize the legitimate rights as concubines, right?
Those who find it difficult to reach the sky will be kicked out of the house in the fight, or even lose their lives. Therefore, if you can let them escape into Buddhism, give them a sum of incense money every year to ensure that they can live a good life in the temple.
Most people will accept it and then allow his mother to enjoy her long life at home."
"This is the case here in the Later Qin Dynasty, including other barbarian countries. I certainly couldn't bear to be separated like this at first, but if we can see each other often, for example, the mother often visits her son in the name of burning incense and worshiping Buddha, then she will gradually accept these Buddhist teachings.
, I was relieved after seeing through the world of mortals. Now even some fierce tribes of barbarians on the grassland, after accepting Buddhism, are succeeded by the eldest son, and the younger brothers become monks. After believing this, they fight and kill aggressively.
Instinct has been weakened a lot."
Yu Yue's brows raised slightly: "But in this case, many people from concubines to their guards and slaves will have to become monks. This means that many Buddhist temples will be built. How can we guarantee this site?"
The black robe laughed: "Mr. Yu, don't you know that after Sakyamuni realized the Dharma, the first people he preached about extradition were his five bodyguards?"
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